October 7 - Retro History From The 50s to 80s

On October 7, 1977 Guitarist Steve Hackett quits Genesis



Retro Events For The Decade 1980

1989 Radio talk show host Larry King weds Julie Alexander
1989 Rickey Henderson steals a record 8 bases in a play off (5 games)
1988 Dallas Green replaces Lou Pinella as New York Yankee manager
1988 Jim Fregosi is fired as manager of White Sox
1988 Latvian flag raised in Riga for 1st time since annexation by U.S.S.R.
1988 Lou Piniella is fired as manager of Yankees for 2nd time
1988 Robin Givens files for divorce after 8-month marriage to Mike Tyson
1988 WNBC 660 final transmission, WFAN moves from 1050 to 660 and WUKQ begins on 1050 at 5:30 PM (New York City radio)
1986 1st edition British newspaper "Independent" begins publishing
1985 21st Space Shuttle Mission (51-J)-Atlantis 1 lands at Edwards AFB
1985 KHQ-AM in Spokane Washington's final transmission
1985 Lynette Woodward, chosen as 1st woman on Harlem Globetrotters
1985 PLO terrorists sieze Italian cruise liner Achille Lauro
1984 Striking umps return for Game 5 of NLCS, San Diego Padres win pennant
1984 Walter Payton passes Jim Brown as NFL's career rushing leader
1982 "Cats" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 5000+ performances
1982 Olof Palme forms Swedish government
1981 Hosni Mubarak became acting-president of Egypt
1981 In 1st Eastern Division championship Yankees beat Brewers 5-3
1980 Belgium 3rd government of Martens resigns

Retro Events For The Decade 1970

1979 "1940's Radio Hour" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 105 performances
1979 "Eubie!" closes at Ambassador Theater New York City after 439 performances
1979 Cleveland Browns' Dino Hall sets club records with 9 kickoff returns
1979 Debbie Massey wins LPGA Wheeling Golf Classic
1979 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test
1978 Los Angeles Dodgers win the pennant
1978 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test
1977 Guitarist Steve Hackett quits Genesis
1977 U.S.S.R. adopts constitution
1975 Players' Association, files a suit on behalf of Dodgers Andy Messersmith
1975 U.S. decides John Lennon won't be deported due to U.K. pot conviction
1974 East Germany amends constitution
1973 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Lincoln-Mercury Golf Open
1972 1st season game at Nassau Coliseum, Flames-3, Islanders-2
1971 T McNally's "Where has Tommy Flowers gone?," premieres in New York City

Retro Events For The Decade 1960

1969 WJMN TV channel 3 in Escanaba, MI (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
1968 Motion Picture Association of America adopts film rating system
1967 Beatles turn down $1 million New York concert offer by Sid Berstein
1967 Rolf Hochhuths "Soldaten," premieres in West Berlin
1965 50 mph gust carries 165 lb Robert Mitera's tee shot 447
1965 Charles Linster does 6,006 consecutive push-ups
1965 Robert Mitera aces 447-yd 10th hole at Miracle Hills, Omaha, Nebr to score world's longest straight hole-in-one
1964 New York Yankees make 14th appearance in last 16 and 29th in 61 World Series
1963 Bobby Baker resigns as Senate Democratic secretary
1963 Hurricane Flora hits Haiti and Dominican Republic, kills 7,190
1963 John F. Kennedy signs ratification for nuclear test ban treaty
1962 8th LPGA Championship won by Judy Kimball
1962 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
1961 "Bye Bye Birdie" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 607 performances
1961 15th NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Chicago 3-1 at Chicago
1960 "Route 66" premieres
1960 2nd John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon debate

Retro Events For The Decade 1950

1959 "Happy Town" opens at 84th St. Theater New York City for 5 performances
1959 Far side of Moon seen for 1st time, compliments of U.S.S.R.'s Luna 3
1958 Potter Stewart appointed to U.S. Supreme Court
1958 U.S. manned space-flight project renamed Project Mercury
1957 "American Bandstand" premieres
1957 KOAC TV channel 7 in Corvallis, OR (PBS) begins broadcasting
1957 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Heart of America Golf Invitational
1956 Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Heart of America Golf Open
1955 Aircraft carrier USS Saratoga at Brooklyn launched
1954 Hassan el Hodeiby, leader of Moslem brothership, arrested in Egypt
1954 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Ad Sinarum gentem
1953 Bill Veeck tells Browns stockholders he faces bankruptcy unless they drop their suit to block his move to Baltimore, they comply
1952 New York Yankees beat Dodgers 4 games to 3 in 49th World Series
1952 1st "Bandstand" broadcast in Philadelphia on WFIL-TV (Dick Clark joins in 1955 as a substitute-host)
1952 Yankees tie their own record of 4 consecutive World Series wins
1951 David Ben-Gurion forms Israeli government
1950 New York Yankees sweep Philadelphia Phillies in 47th World Series
1950 U.S. forces invade Korea by crossing 38th parallel
1950 Walter Bedell Smith replaces Roscoe H Hillenkoetter as 4th CIA head
1950 Whitey Ford wins his 1st World Series game, 5-2
1950 William H. Jackson, becomes deputy director of CIA
1950 Yankees win 13th world championship sweeping Phillies

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October 6 - Today In Rock Music History

Happy Birthday Kevin Cronin!



Musicians Born On October 6

1948 Millie Small (My Boy Lollipop)
1950 Thomas McClary (Commodores)
1951 Kevin Cronin (REO Speedwagon)
1954 David Hidalgo (Los Lobos)

Number 1 In The Charts On October 6

1973 Slade: 'Sladest' UK LP
1973 Cher: 'Half Breed' US 45
1984 David Bowie: 'Tonight' UK LP
1990 Maxi Priest : Close To You : US single
1996 Chemical Brothers : Setting Sun : UK single

Various Music Events On October 6

1958 The first hint of the payola scandal in US appears in 'Billboard' article

1960 Johnny Kidd and the Pirates' 'Restless' hits UK chart

1967 'Death of a Hippie' funeral service held by the Diggers in Haight-Ashbury to symbolise the end of the media-hyped movement

1968 'Doors Are Open' documentary shown on UK TV

1973 Art Garfunkel scores first US solo hit with 'All I Know'

1973 Ringo Starr hits US chart with 'Photograph', his fourth hit and first No. 1

1974 'Tubular Bells' by Mike Oldfield goes to No. 1 in UK LP chart for just one week - eighteen months after its debut on the chart

1975 'Who by Numbers' LP released

1976 Rick Dees awarded platinum single for 'Disco Duck'

1978 Mick Jagger apologises to the Revd Jesse Jackson for lyrics of 'Some Girls', but refuses to grant Jackson's request that the song be changed to exclude the line 'Black girls just love to get fucked all night long', which Jackson has denounced as being 'racially insulting' and 'degrading to blacks and women'

1984 Cars' 'Heartbeat City' hits UK LP chart

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October 6 - Today in Beatles History

1962
First signing of records by the Beatles ('Love Me Do'/'P.S. I Love You'), at the Dawson's Music Shop, Widnes.

1963
Concert at the Regal, Kircaldy.

1964
Studio 2. 3.00-6.45pm. Recording: 'Eight Days A Week' (takes 1-6). Studio 2. 7.00-10.00pm. Recording: 'Eight Days A Week' (takes 7-13). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Ken Scott/Mike Stone.
First time the Beatles take an incomplete idea into the studio and experiment various ways of recording it.

1967
Studio 2. 7.00-12.00pm. Recording: 'Blue Jay Way' (overdub onto take 3). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.
Recording of celli for 'Blue Jay Way'.

Closing of the UFO Club, at the basement of the Blarney Club, London.

1968
Transmission of the 'Hey Jude' clip on the US TV program 'Smothers Brothers Show'.

1969
US single release: 'Something'/'Come Together'.

1988
London and New York premieres of 'Imagine: John Lennon'.

1997
Publishing date for "Paul McCartney - Many Years From Now"in England.


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October 6 - Retro History From The 50s to 80s

On October 6, 1967 Haight-Ashbury hippies throw a funeral to mark end of hippies



Retro Events For The Decade 1980

1988 Oakland A's sweep Boston Red Sox in 4 games for AL pennant
1987 Military coup leader Major-General Sitiveni Rabuka declares Fiji a republic
1986 Russian nuclear sub sinks in Atlantic Ocean
1985 Marita Koch of Germany sets 400m woman's record (47.6) in Australia
1985 Yankee Phil Niekro becomes 18th pitcher to win 300 games and also at 46 becomes oldest to pitch a shut-out beating Toronto 8-0
1984 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Hitachi Ladies British Golf Open
1983 Buffalo Bill quarterback Joe Ferguson passes 419 yards with 5 TDs
1983 China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1983 Islander's Mike Bossy's 25th career hat trick
1983 New York Jets announce they are leaving Shea for Meadowlands
1983 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1982 Auburn's Al Del Greco kicks 6 field goals
1982 Fokker's Fellowship crashes at Moerdijk, Netherlands, 17-22 die
1980 Guyana adopts constitution
1980 John Lydon sentenced to 3 months on assault charges

Retro Events For The Decade 1970

1979 Harry Drake set long distance footbow shot record of 2,006 yards 1'9"
1979 Pope John Paul II is 1st Pope to visit White House
1978 Hannah H Gray inaugurated as 1st female head of U.S. university (Chic)
1978 Iraq declares Ayatollah Khomeini an undesirable person
1978 Mick Jagger apologizes for racist lyrics in "Some Girls"
1978 Royals' George Brett hits 3 home runs, Yankees win championship game 3, 6-5
1977 DL Coburns "Gin Game," premieres in New York City
1977 Yankees win AL pennant by rallying for 3 runs in 9th to beat Kansas City Royals 5-3 in 5th and deciding playoff game
1976 "Gang of Four" arrested in Beijing
1976 Cubans DC-8 crashes after bomb attack
1976 John Hathaway completes 50,600 mile bicycle tour of every continent
1976 President Ford says there is "no Soviet domination in Eastern Europe"
1974 "Mack and Mabel," opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 66 performances
1974 Carole Jo Skala wins LPGA Sacramento Union Ladies Golf Classic
1973 Yom Kippur War begins as Syria and Egypt attack Israel
1972 22-car train carrying 2,000 pilgrims derails, kills 208 in Mexico

Retro Events For The Decade 1960

1969 WMPB TV channel 67 in Baltimore, MD (PBS) begins broadcasting
1967 Haight-Ashbury hippies throw a funneral to mark end of hippies
1967 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test
1966 Oriole Jim Palmer, 20, is youngest to pitch a World Series shutout
1966 Partial meltdown at Detroits's Fermi 1 nuclear reactor
1965 Supremes release "I Hear a Symphony"
1965 William Goodhart's "Generation," premieres in New York City
1964 "Cambridge Circus" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 23 performances
1963 Barbra Streisand appears on "Judy Garland Show"
1963 Los Angeles Dodgers sweep New York Yankees, in 60th World Series
1962 16th NHL All-Star Game: Toronto beat All4-Stars -1 at Toronto
1962 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island
1961 John F. Kennedy advises Americans to build fallout shelters
1961 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear tests at Kapustin Yar and Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.


Retro Events For The Decade 1950

1959 Single game World Series attendence record set (92,706 in LA)
1959 Soviet Luna 3, 1st successful photographic spacecraft, impacts Moon
1958 U.S. nuclear sub USS Seawolfe remains record 60 days under pole
1957 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
1957 Wiffi Smith wins LPGA United Voluntary Services Golf Open
1956 Dmitri Shostakovich's 6th Iron quartet premieres in Leningrad
1956 Dr. Albert Sabin discovers oral polio vaccine
1956 South African politician "Kobie" Coetsee marries Helena E Malan
1955 LSD made illegal in U.S.
1953 WTVM TV channel 9 in Columbus, Georgia (ABC) begins broadcasting
1951 Stalin proclaims Russia has atom bomb

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October 5 - Today In Rock Music History

Happy Birthday Steve Miller!



Musicians Born On October 5

1924 Jose Jimenez (The Astronaut)
1936 George Jones Jr (Edsels)
1938 Carlo Mastrangelo (Belmonts)
1939 Abi Ofarim (Cinderella Rockefella)
1942 Richard Street (Temptations)
1943 Steve Miller (The Joker)
1948 Brian Connolly (Sweet)
1948 Brian Johnson (AC/DC)
1954 Bob Geldof (Boomtown Rats)
1957 Lee Thompson (Madness)

Deaths On October 5

1992 Eddie Kendricks (Temptations)

Number 1 In The Charts On October 5

1959 Bobby Darin: 'Mack The Knife' US 45
1961 Shadows: 'Kontiki' UK 45
1974 Olivia Newton-John: 'I Honestly Love You' US 45
1974 Beach Boys: 'Endless Summer' US LP
1985 Midge Ure: 'If I Was' UK 45
1991 Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch: 'Good Vibrations' US 45
1991 Bryan Adams : Waking Up The Neighbours : UK LP

Various Music Events On October 5

1961 Ben E. King's 'Amor Amor' hits UK chart

1962 Beatles release first single, 'Love Me Do'

1968 Cream begins a farewell tour of US with concert at Oakland, California and hits US chart for third time with 'White Room'

1968 The Who begin UK tour with Joe Cocker, Small Faces and Arthur Brown

1970 Papa John Creach joins Jefferson Airplane

1970 'Led Zeppelin 3' goes gold in US

1975 Harry Chapin hits US chart on way to No. 1 with 'Cat's in the Cradle'

1976 Hall and Oates' LP 'Abandoned Luncheonette' finally wins gold disc three years after its original release

1979 Police release 'Regatta de Blanc' LP in UK

1993 The Beatles' "1962-1966" (The Red Album) and "1967-1970" (The Blue Album) are released on CD


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October 5 - Today in Beatles History

1962
UK single release: 'Love Me Do'/'P.S. I Love You'.

First radio broadcast of a Beatles record (Radio Luxemburg).

1963
'Please Please Me' LP number 1, 22nd week (UK Record Retailer chart).

10.00-12.00am. BBC's 'Saturday Club' broadcast (recorded 7 September 1963).

Concert at the Concert Hall, Glasgow.

1966
'Yellow Submarine', 9th week in the Top 30 (UK New Musical Express chart).
'Eleanor Rigby', 9th week in the Top 30 (UK New Musical Express chart).

First issue of the 'International Times', first British underground newspaper.

1968
'Hey Jude', number 1, 2nd week, 6th week in the Top 30 (Billboard).

Trident Studios. 6.00pm-1.00am. Recording: 'Savoy Truffle' (overdub onto take 1); 'Martha My Dear' (overdub onto take 1). Mono mixing: 'Honey Pie' (remix 1, from take 1); 'Martha My Dear' (remix 1, from take 1); 'Dear Prudence' (remix 1, from take 1). Stereo mixing: 'Honey Pie' (remix 1, from take 1); 'Martha My Dear' (remix 1, from take 1). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Barry Sheffield; 2nd Engineer: unknown.


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October 5 - Retro History From The 50s to 80s

On October 5, 1970 Papa John Creach, joins Jefferson Airplane



Retro Events For The Decade 1980

1988 Brazil adopts its Constitution
1988 Chilean population agrees at referendum against Pinochet regime
1988 Israel bans Meir Kahane's Kach Party on grounds of racism
1986 London Sunday Times reports Israel is stocking nuclear arms
1985 Grambling's Eddie Robinson wins record 324th football game
1984 13th Space Shuttle Mission (41-G)-Challenger 6-launched
1983 Lech Walesa wins Nobel Peace Prize
1982 1st New Jersey Devils game, tie the Pitts Penguins 3-3 at the Meadowlands
1982 China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1982 Hernan Siles Zuazo appointed president of Bolivia
1982 Unmanned rocket sled reaches 9,851 kph at White Sands, New Mexico
1981 Dutch guilder/Deutsche mark revalued up 5.5%
1981 Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg becomes an honarary American
1980 Formal opening of meditation hall of Zenshin Temple in Riverdale Bronx
1980 Kathy Whitworth/Donna Caponi Young win Portland Ping Team Golf Champ
1980 Yankees set AL attendance mark at 2,627,417

Retro Events For The Decade 1970

1978 Isaac Bashevis Singer wins Nobel Prize for literature
1978 Sweden's Falldin government falls
1977 "Hair" opens at Biltmore Theater New York City for 43 performances
1976 Seattle and Toronto picks 30 unprotected players on other AL rosters Ruppert Jones (Seattle) and Bob Bailor (Toronto) are picked 1st
1975 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1970 John Creach, joins Jefferson Airplane
1970 PBS becomes a network
1970 Quebec separatists kidnap British trade commissioner James Cross


Retro Events For The Decade 1960

1969 Carol Mann wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Invitational
1969 Monty Python's Flying Circus begins airing on BBC
1969 Tom Dempsey of New Orleans Saints kicks 55-yard field goal
1968 Battles between Catholic demonstrators and police in Londonderry
1968 KPLM (now KESQ) TV channel 42 in Palm Springs, California (ABC) begins
1965 Chuck Linster performs 6,006 consecutive push-ups
1965 Dick McInnes stays aloft almost 12 hours in a kite
1964 KIXE TV channel 9 in Redding, California (PBS) begins broadcasting
1964 San Francisco Fire Department Museum is dedicated
1963 17th NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Toronto 3-3 at Toronto
1963 Hyde St. Pier re-opens as State Historical Park
1963 Little Richard joins Everly Brothers Tour
1962 Beatles release their 1st record "Love Me Do"
1961 China and Nepal sign treaty
1960 British Labour party demands unilateral nuclear disarmament
1960 Eastern AL Electra turbo-prop crashed in Boston Harbor (61 die)
1960 KEYC TV channel 12 in Mankato, MN (CBS) begins broadcasting


Retro Events For The Decade 1950

1958 KRTV TV channel 3 in Great Falls, Montana (CBS) begins broadcasting
1958 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1958 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
1957 11th NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Montreal 5-3 at Montreal
1957 12th Ryder Cup: Britain - Ireland, 7 - 4 at Lindrick GC, England
1957 Yugoslav dissident Milovan Djilos sentenced to 7 years
1956 Yogi Berra becomes 4th Yank to hit a World Series grand slam
1954 Hurricane Hazel hits Eastern U.S.
1953 Earl Warren sworn in as 14th chief justice of U.S.
1953 50th World Series sees New York Yankees beat Dodgers, 4 games to 2, as New York Billy Martin's 12 hits set record; Yankees win record 5th consec WS
1952 19th congress of Communist Party meets in Moscow
1952 6th NHL All-Star Game: 1st Team ties 2nd Team 1-1 at Detroit
1950 "Pardon Our French" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 100 performances


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October 4 - Today In Rock Music History

Happy Birthday Jody Stephens!



Musicians Born On October 4

1929 Leroy Van Dyke (Walk On By)
1944 Patti Labelle (Patricia Holt)
1947 Jim Fielder (Mothers of Invention)
1952 Jody Stephens (Big Star)
1957 Barbara K. MacDonald (Timbuk 3)
1959 Chris Lowe (Pet Shop Boys)
1962 Jon Secada
1965 Leo Barnes (Hothouse Flowers)

Deaths On October 4

1970 Janis Joplin



Number 1 In The Charts On October 4

1962 Tornados: 'Telstar' UK 45
1969 Beatles: 'Abbey Road' UK LP
1975 David Essex: 'Hold Me Close' UK 45
1975 Pink Floyd: 'Wish You Were Here' UK LP
1975 Pink Floyd: 'Wish You Were Here' US LP
1980 Queen: 'Another One Bites the Dust' US 45
1986 Paul Simon: 'Graceland' UK LP
1997 Boyz II Men : 4 Seasons Of Loneliness : US single
1997 Oasis : Be Here Now : UK LP

Various Music Events On October 4

1957 Annual NME poll results announced: Pat Boone is voted world's No. 1 singer, with Elvis Presley second. The top two UK groups are King Brothers and Stargazers

1964 Souvenir Press publish the Brian Epstein/Derek Taylor book 'A Cellarful of Noise'

1968 Paul McCartney records 'Martha My Dear' for Beatles' 'White Album' at Trident Studio

1969 Crosby, Stills and Nash hit US chart with 'Suite: Judy Blue Eyes', a song written for Judy Collins by Stephen Stills

1980 Original Deep Purple singer Rod Evans fronts a 'bogus' Deep Purple tour of North America but is prevented from performing when other members of the group file a court injunction

1992 Sinead O'Connor rips up a picture of the Pope during an appearance on "Saturday Night Live."

1996 Van Halen announces that Gary Cherone (former lead singer with Extreme) has been chosen to replace Sammy Hagar

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October 4 - Today in Beatles History

1963
Television House. Performance for Associated-Rediffusion's 'Ready, Steady, Go!', transmitted live.

1966
Dandie Fashions is incorporated.

1967
Wembley TV Studios, Wembley, Middlesex. John and George appear live on 'The Frost Programme'.

1968
Trident Studios. 4.00pm-4.30am. Recording: 'Martha My Dear' (take 1); 'Honey Pie' (overdub onto take 1); 'Martha My Dear' (overdub onto take 1). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Barry Sheffield; 2nd Engineer: unknown.
6.00-9.00pm: 'Honey Pie' strings, woodwinds, brasses.
9.00-12.00pm. Strings, woodwinds, brasses for 'Martha My Dear'.
12.00-4.30am. 'Martha My Dear' fresh vocal; 'now she's hit the big time!' line for 'Honey Pie'.

1969
'Abbey Road' number 1 (UK Record Retailer chart).

1974
UK LP release: 'Walls And Bridges'.
UK single release: 'Whatever Gets You Thru The Night'/'Beef Jerky'.

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October 4 - Retro History From The 50s to 80s

On October 4, 1974 John Lennon released the "Walls and Bridges" album



Retro Events For The Decade 1980

1989 Giants Will Clark hits 1st NLCS grand slam since 1977
1989 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1988 Pillsbury stock soars $18.37 to $57.37 on takeover bid
1987 1st "Scrub Sunday" of NFL football with replacement players
1987 Blues Jays lose final 7 games allowing Tigers to win AL pennant
1987 James Jefferson of Winnipeg scores 2 TDs on interception returns without making an interception. (He scored on laterals)
1986 New York Yankee Dave Righetti saves doubleheader for then record 46 saves
1986 Queen Beatrice installs dam at Oosterschelde
1986 Rachel Oliver (Mass), 20, crowned 19th Miss Black America
1985 Henry G. Perry completes 157 day, 14,021 mile bicycle tour of Australia
1985 Shite Moslems claim to have killed hostage William Buckley - CIA station chief in Beirut
1984 U.S. government closes down due to budget problems
1984 Yankees clinch AL East
1983 Richard Noble reaches record 1019 kph in jet-powered car
1982 Helmut Kohl elected chancellor of West Germany
1981 Donna Caponi Young/Kathy Whitworth wins Portland Ping Team Golf Champ
1981 Meadowlands Arena opens in New Jersey
1981 Pasakevi Kouna of Greece (9) is youngest International gymnastics participant
1980 Mike Schmidt's 2-run home run clinches NL East title for Phillies

Retro Events For The Decade 1970

1979 Hugh Leonards "Life," premieres in Dublin
1979 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test
1978 Funeral services held for Pope John Paul I
1977 Pier 39 opens in San Francisco
1976 Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz resigns due to telling a racial joke
1976 Supreme Court lifts 1972 ban on death penalty for convicted murderers
1974 John Lennon releases "Walls and Bridges" album
1973 Hans of Manens ballet "Adagio Hammerklavier" premieres in Amsterdam
1972 Ted Williams manages his final game as Rangers lose to Royals, 4-0
1971 Borden's opens a turn-of-century ice cream parlor at Disney World
1971 KMPH TV channel 26 in Visalia-Fresno, California (IND) begins broadcasting
1971 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test
1970 Kansas City Chiefs Jan Stenerud kicks 55-yard field goal
1970 Umps return after 1-day walkout in quest of higher wages
1970 WFYI TV channel 20 in Indianapolis, IN (PBS) begins broadcasting
1970 Herbert Schmidtz makes highest parachute jump from a tower by leaping from a 1,984 ft TV mast in Tulsa, Oklahoma


Retro Events For The Decade 1960

1969 Last wooden passenger subway cars retired at Brooklyn Myrtle Beach el
1969 U.N. starts issuing postage stamps at Geneva headquarters
1969 Baseball's 1st divisional playoff games, Mets beat Braves 9-5 and Orioles beat Twins 4-3 in 12 innings
1968 Ferry boat sinks in harbor of Wellington, New Zealand, 51 died
1967 1st World Series since 1948 not to feature Yankees, Giants or Dodgers
1966 Dutch Cardinal Alfrink presents New Catechism
1966 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1966 Lesotho (Basutoland) gains independence from Britain (National Day)
1965 "Pickwick" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 56 performances
1965 Pope Paul VI becomes 1st Pope to visit Western Hemisphere (UN)
1965 U.S.S.R. launches Luna 7; crash lands on Moon
1964 Hurricane Hilda, kills 38 in La, Miss and Ga
1964 10th LPGA Championship won by Mary Mills
1964 3 cars of a commuter train derails in South Africa killing 81
1964 Italian Autostrada del Sol opens at Milan-Naples
1964 Patriots' Gino Cappelletti kicks 6-of-6 field goals against Broncos
1964 Phils bomb Reds 10-0 as both teams finish one game behind St. Louis
1963 Hurricane Flora, kills 6,000 in Cuba and Haiti
1963 Gambia achieves full internal self-government
1962 USAF Major Robert A Rushworth takes X-15 to 32,300m
1962 Whitey Ford's World Series 33 2/3 scoreless inning streak ends
1961 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
1961 Whitey Ford's 3rd straight World Series shutout
1960 Courier 1B Launched; 1st active repeater satellite in orbit


Retro Events For The Decade 1950

1959 1st World Series game played west of St. Louis (in LA)
1959 Cleveland Browns' Jim Brown makes club record 37 rushing attempts
1959 Dmitri Sjostakovitch 1st Cello concert premieres in Leningrad
1959 Los Angeles Dodgers set World Series attendance record at 92,394
1959 Netherlands beats Belgium 9-1
1959 U.S.S.R. Luna 3 sent back 1st photos of Moon's far side
1958 12th NHL All-Star Game: Montreal beat All-Stars 6-3 at Montreal
1958 5th French republic forms
1957 "Leave It to Beaver," debuts on CBS
1957 U.S.S.R. launches Sputnik I, 1st artificial Earth satellite
1956 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia
1955 Brooklyn Dodgers only World Series victory, beating Yankees in 7
1955 Reverend Sun Young Moon leaves prison in Seoul
1953 Jim Peters runs world record marathon (2:17:39.4)
1953 Mickey Mantle hits a grand slam in World Series
1952 "Top Banana" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 356 performances
1951 In opening World Series game, Giant Monte Irvin steals home in 1st inn
1950 French troops vacate Cla Afraid Vietnam

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October 3 - Today In Rock Music History

Happy Birthday Lyndsay Buckingham!



Musicians Born On October 3

1926 Jimmy Saville (DJ)
1936 James Darren (Goodbye Cruel World)
1938 Eddie Cochran (Three Steps to Heaven)
1941 Chubby Checker (Ernest Evans)
1947 Lyndsay Buckingham (Fleetwood Mac)
1954 Stevie Ray Vaughan
1962 Tommy Lee (Motley Crue)
1969 Gwen Stefani (No Doubt)

Deaths October 3

1967 Woody Guthrie (Bound for Glory)

Number 1 In The Charts On October 3

1987 M.A.A.R.S: 'Pump Up the Volume' UK 45
1992 Abba : Gold- Greatest Hits : UK LP
1998 Monica : The First Night: US single

Various Music Events On October3

1958 James Brown's first R&B No. 1, 'Try Me', released in US on Federal Records

1964 Supremes hit US chart with their second No. 1, 'Baby Love'

1970 Jazz - rock band Lifetime formed by Tony Williams, John McLaughlin, Jack Bruce and Larry Young

1977 Bob Welch releases ' Sentimental Lady' in US, featuring Christine McVie

1977 Stiff Records launch old-fashioned package tour in London with Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe, Ian Dury and others billed as a 'Bunch of Stiffs'

1980 Bruce Springsteen, on stage in Ann Arbor, Michigan, joins Bob Seger for dynamic version of 'Thunder Road'

1980 Rockpile releases 'Seconds of Pleasure' LP in US

1987 'Brilliant Disguise', first new studio-recorded single by Bruce Springsteen since ''Born in the USA', enters US Hot 100 at No. 40

1994 Eric Clapton starts the "Nothing But The Blues" tour in Montreal.


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October 3 - Today in Beatles History

1959 The Quarry Men perform at the Casbah Coffee Club in West Derby, Liverpool.

1960 Last performance at the Indra Club, 64 Grosse Freiheit, Hamburg, Germany.

1962 Performance at the Cavern, with Billy Kramer and the Coasters, and the Echoes.

1963 Studio 2. 7.00-10.00pm. Recording: `I Wanna Be Your Man' (takes 14-15); `Little Child' (takes 19-21). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: unknown.

1964 `A Hard Day's Night' LP number 1, 11th week (UK Record Retailer chart).

1964 Granville Theatre, London. Recording of a performance for the US TV show `Shindig', special British edition.

1968 Trident Studios. Time unknown. Recording: `Savoy Truffle' (take 1). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Barry Sheffield; 2nd Engineer: unknown.

1969 Abbey Road. Compilation and banding by George Martin of `No One's Gonna Change Our World'.

1969 Lansdowne Recording Studios, London. John, Yoko and the Plastic Ono Band record `Don't Worry Kyoko'.

1988 Premiere of `Imagine: John Lennon', in Westwood, California.

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October 3 - Retro History From The 50s to 80s

On October 3, 1974 Pele retires as a soccer player.



Retro Events For The Decade 1980

1989 Panamanian Defense Force attempted coup of Manuel Noriega fails
1988 26th Space Shuttle Mission, Discovery 7 returns to Earth after 4-days
1988 Criterion Center Theater opens at Broadway between 44th and 45th Streets New York City
1988 Lebanese kidnappers release Mithileshwar Singh (held for 30 months)
1987 Benito Santiago ends longest catcher/rookie hitting streak at 34
1987 Michael Pruffer of France skis 135.26 MPH at Portillo, Chile
1987 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test
1986 Baltimore loses assuring Orioles of their 1st last-place finish
1986 Soviet Yankee-class sub sinks off NC, 3 die
1985 21st Shuttle Mission (51J)-Atlantis 1-all-military flight launched
1985 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) adopts constitution
1985 Pope John Paul II declares Titus Brandsma divine
1985 South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands adopts constitution
1983 Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson release "Say, Say, Say" in the United Kingdom
1982 Cox 4 rowing record set at 12:52 for 99 miles (Geneva, Switzerland)
1982 Milwaukee whips Baltimore 10-2 to win AL East championship
1982 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Inamori Golf Classic
1982 Record 11,763 start a 186 mile cross-country race near Stockholm
1982 Scott Weiland runs Detroit marathon backwards in less than 5 hours
1981 Brewers (since 1970) and Expos (1969) clinch their 1st-ever postseason
1981 Irish Nationalist at Maze Prison near Belfast end 7-month hunger strike
1981 Mike Weaver beats Quick Tillis in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1980 4 dies in attack on synagogue in Paris

Retro Events For The Decade 1970

1978 Gold hits record $223.50 an ounce in London
1977 "Comedy with Music (Victor Borge)" opens at Imperial New York City for 66 performances
1977 Indira Gandhi arrested
1976 Hank Aaron singles in his last at bat and drives in his 2,297th run
1976 Helmuth Kohl's CDU wins German parliament election
1975 George Harrison releases "Extra Texture" album in the United Kingdom
1975 Ireland AKZO director Tiede Herrema kidnap
1974 Frank Robinson becomes baseball's 1st black manager with the Cleveland Indians
1974 Pele retires as soccer player
1973 Willi Stoph succeeds Walter Ulbricht as East German party leader
1972 Indians set a team record for lowest team batting avg .234
1972 Spaceflight 71-2 launched; 1st flexible substrate photovoltaic flown
1972 Steve Carlton wins 27th game for Phillies
1972 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test
1972 Baltimore Roric Harrison is last AL pitcher to homer until interleague play 25 years later
1971 Billie Jean King became 1st female athlete to win $100,000
1970 "Coco" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 333 performances
1970 Baseball umpires call their 1st strike
1970 WAPT TV channel 16 in Jackson, MS (ABC) begins broadcasting

Retro Events For The Decade 1960

1968 Howard Sacklers "Great White Hope," premieres in New York City
1968 Military coup overthrows President Fernando Belaunde Terry in Peru
1968 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1967 KGSC (now KICU) TV channel 36 in San Jose, California (IND) begins
1967 King Boudouin inaugurates world's biggest floodgate (Antwerp)
1967 William Knight sets X-15 speed rec of 7,297 KPH/4,534 MPH/Mach 6.72
1966 Marshal Arturo da Costa e Silva elected president
1965 Cubs tie major league record of 3 triple plays in a season
1965 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Invitational
1965 Whitey Ford notches #232 to become Yankees winningest pitcher
1964 Yankees clinch their 5th straight pennant, and 29th in club's history
1963 "Here's Love" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 338 performances
1963 Hurricane hits Haiti; about 5,000 die and 100,000 injured
1962 "Stop the World, I Want to Get Off" opens at Shubert New York City for 886 performances
1962 Dodgers set major league-record season attendance of 2,755,184
1962 Wally Schirra in Sigma 7 launched into Earth orbit
1961 "Dick Van Dyke Show" premieres on CBS-TV
1961 "Mr Ed" premieres
1961 "Sail Away" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 167 performances
1961 KMED (now KTVL) TV channel 10 in Medford, OR (CBS) begins broadcasting
1960 "Flair" (CBS' answer to Monitor) premieres on radio with Dick Van Dyke
1960 Janio Quadros elected president of Brazil
1960 San Francisco's White House department store 1st to accept BankAmericard
1960 Yankees win 8-7, ending season on a 15 game win streak, and record 193 home runs

Retro Events For The Decade 1950

1959 13th NHL All-Star Game: Montreal beat All-Stars 6-1 at Montreal
1957 Willy Brandt elected mayor of West Berlin
1956 Sal Maglie and Dodgers defeat Yankees 6-3 in opening game of World Series
1955 "Captain Kangaroo" premieres on CBS-TV, Good Morning, Captain!
1955 "Mickey Mouse Club" premieres
1955 Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira becomes President of Brazil
1955 Soviet battleship "Novorossiisk" strikes WW II mine in Baltic Sea
1955 WDBJ TV channel 7 in Roanoke, Virginia (CBS) begins broadcasting
1955 WTVS TV channel 56 in Detroit, MI (PBS) begins broadcasting
1954 "Father Knows Best" premieres
1954 KFVS TV channel 12 in Cape Girardeau, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting
1953 10th Ryder Cup: U.S. wins 6 -5 at Wentworth, England
1953 7th NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Montreal 3-1 at Montreal
1953 KGGM TV channel 13 in Albuquerque, New Mexico (CBS) begins broadcasting
1952 1st British nuclear test at Monte Bello Is Australia
1952 1st video recording on magnetic tape, LA, Ca
1952 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Monte Bello Is Australia
1951 Bobby Thomson home run - Giants win pennant defeating Dodgers
1950 1st black lead (Ethel Waters) on TV (Beulah)
1950 Indonesian army opens assault on Ambon, South Moluccas
1950 Baseball rules Phils lefty Curt Simmons cannot play in World Series despite his being on furlough from Army

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October 2 - Today In Rock Music History

Happy Birthday Sting!



Musicians Born On October 2

1945 Don McLean (American Pie)
1949 Richard Hell (Voidoids)
1950 Mike Rutherford (Genesis)
1951 Sting (Gordon Sumner)
1952 John Otway (Really Free)
1955 Philip Oakey (Human League)
1960 Robbie Nevil
1962 Sigtryggur Baldursson (The Sugarcubes)
1965 Bud Graugh (Sublime)
1971 Tiffany (Renee Darwish)

Number 1 In The Charts On October 2

1965 McCoys: 'Hang On Sloopy' US 45
1971 Rod Stewart: 'Every Picture Tells a Story' UK LP
1971 Rod Stewart: 'Maggie May' US 45
1971 Rod Stewart: 'Every Picture Tells a Story' US LP
1982 Musical Youth: 'Pass the Dutchie' UK 45
1982 Dire Straits: 'Love Over Gold' UK LP
1993 Meat Loaf : Bat Out Of Hell II - Back Into Hell: UK LP

Various Music Events On October 2

1942 Bing Crosby enters US chart with 'White Christmas', going on to sell over 50 million copies

1957 Larry Williams's 'Bony Moronie' released in US

1960 Maurice Williams's 'Stay' enters US chart. Lasting only one minute 32 seconds, it goes on to become the shortest ever No. 1 single

1965 Manfred Mann becomes the first Western band to tour USSR

1980 Bee Gees sue manager Robert Stigwood for $200 million, claiming misrepresentation and fraud

1981 Terry Hall, Lynval Golding and Neville Staples leave the Specials

1982 Tears for Fears debut on UK chart with 'Mad World'

1982 Bruce Springsteen's 'Nebraska' LP hits chart at No. 24


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October 2 - Today in Beatles History

1962 US release: `Chains', with The Cookies.

1963 `She Loves You', 5th week in the Top 10 (UK New Musical Express chart). `Please Please Me' LP, 28th week in the Top 10 (UK New Musical Express chart).

1963 Harold McMillan renounces his position as Prime Minister.

1964 `A Cellarful Of Noise' is published in Britain.

1964 Granville Theatre, London. Rehearsal for a special British edition of the US TV show `Shindig'.

1965 Congresscentrum, Amsterdam: Grand Gala Du Disque, International Edison Awards ceremony. Brian receives the Edison Award on behalf of the Beatles for `Beatles For Sale'.

1967 Studio 2. 10.00pm-2.30am. Mono mixing: `Your Mother Should Know' (remixes 21-25, from take 52). Recording: `Hello Hello' (working title of `Hello, Goodbye') (takes 1-14, tape reduction of take 14 into takes 15, 16). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Graham Kirkby.

1968 Trident Studios. 4.00pm-3.30am. Recording: `Honey Pie' (overdub onto take 1). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Barry Sheffield; 2nd Engineer: unknown.

1969 Abbey Road, Room 4. 9.00-11.00am. Stereo mixing: `Across The Universe' (remixes 1, 2, from take 8). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Jeff Jarratt; 2nd Engineer: Alan Parsons. Remix of `Across The Universe' for `No One's Gonna Change Our World'. Addition of sound effects, and speeding up of the tape.

1969 John, in an interview, says that Apple is like a big black hole that takes all his benefits as an author and singer.

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October 2 - Retro History From The 50s to 80s

On October 2, 1967 Grateful Dead members were arrested by narcotic agents.



Retro Events For The Decade 1980

1988 24th Olympic games close at Seoul, Korea
1988 Gelindo Bordin wins 21st Olympics marathon (2:10:32)
1988 Minn Twins are 1st AL club ever to break 3 million season attendance
1988 Pakistan's Supreme Court orders free elections
1988 Police breakup domestic disturbance between Mike Tyson and Robin Givens
1988 Mike Tyson wrecks furniture in his Bernardsville New Jersey Mansion
1986 Failed assassination attempt on India premier Rajiv Gandhi
1986 Mike Scott is 3rd NL pitcher to strike out 300 in a season (306)
1986 New York Met Dwight Gooden is 1st to strike out 200 or more in 1st 3 seasons
1986 Sikhs attempt to assassinate Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi
1985 Russian party leader Gorbatsjov visits Paris
1985 Tigers Darrell Evans is 1st to hit 40 home run seasons in both leagues
1984 3 cosmonauts return after a record 237 days in orbit
1984 In 1st LCS game played with replacement umps, Cubs cbeat Padres 13-0
1984 Richard Miller, becomes 1st (former) FBI agent, charged with espionage
1983 Art Monk begins NFL streak of 136 plus consecutive game receptions
1983 Carl Yastrezemski's last at bat
1983 Kathy Postlewait wins LPGA San Jose Golf Classic
1982 Bomb attack in Teheran, kills 60, injures 700
1981 Ali Chamenei elected president of Iran
1980 Larry Holmes TKOs Muhammad Ali in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
1980 Michael Myers (D-Pa), is 1st rep expelled in over 100 years (ABSCAM)

Retro Events For The Decade 1970

1978 Syrian and Palestinians shoot in East Beirut, 1,300 killed
1978 Yankees win 3rd straight AL East beating Red Sox 5-4 in a playoff game. Guidry wins #25 aided by Dent's homer and Pinella's fielding
1977 Pakistan general Zia ul-Haq bans all opposition
1977 Vivian Brownlee wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
1977 Dusty Baker 30th home run joins teammates Steve Garvey (33), Reggie Smith (32), and Ron Cey (30) in make Dodgers 1st team to boast 4 30-home run hitters
1976 "Let My People Come" closes at Morosco Theater New York City after 106 performances
1974 Hank Aaron's 733rd career home run on his last NL at bat
1972 "From Israel with Love" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 8 performances
1972 Aeroflot Il-18 crashes near Black Sea resort of Sochi, kills 105
1972 Bill Stoneman of Montreal pitches his 2nd no-hitter, beating Mets, 7-0
1972 Danish population votes for European Common Market membership
1972 Mont Expos Bill Stoneman 2nd no-hitter beats New York Mets, 7-0
1972 Ron Johnson becomes 1st New York Giant to score 4 touchdowns vs. Philadelphia
1971 Homing pigeon averages 133 KPH (record) in 1100-km Australian race
1970 Billy Martin named manager of Detroit Tigers
1970 Plane carrying Wichita State University football team crashes killing 30

Retro Events For The Decade 1960

1969 Seattle Pilots last game in Seattle, lose 3-1 to As in front of 5,473
1969 U.S. performs underground nuclear test at Amchitka Island Aleutians
1968 1st London performance of "Promises Promises" presented
1968 Bob Gibson sets a World Series record of 17 strikeouts
1968 Mexico City police fire on protesting students, 300-500 killed
1968 Peru coup under General Velasco Alvarado, President Belaunde Terry flees
1968 Republic Guinea forms (day of republic)
1968 1st time, 2 soon-to-be-named MVPs oppose each other Cards Bob Gibson beat Tigers Denny McLain 4-0
1967 Grateful Dead members arrested by narcotic agents
1967 Groundbreaking begins on Veteran Stadium in Philadelphia
1967 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Seven Lakes Golf Invitational
1967 Thurgood Marshall sworn in as 1st black Supreme Court Justice
1966 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Invitational
1966 Los Angeles Dodgers Sandy Koufax clinches 3rd Los Angeles pennant in 4 years
1965 Dodgers beat Braves to clinch NL pennant
1965 Mel Stottlemyre wins game #20
1965 Phillies' Chris Short strikes-out 18 New York Mets
1965 Pope Paul VI named MR Perey bishop's helper of New Orleans
1964 Phillies tie major league record with season's 3rd triple play (Reds)
1963 Dodgers' Sandy Koufax strikes out World Series record 15 Yankees
1963 West German Chancellor Adenauer condemns western grain shipments to U.S.S.R.
1962 SF beats LA, 8-7 in 4h18m 9 inning playoff game
1962 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island
1961 "Ben Casey" premieres on NBC-TV
1961 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
1961 WETA TV channel 26 in Washington, D.C. (PBS) begins broadcasting
1961 WHRO TV channel 15 in Hampton-Norfolk, Virginia (PBS) begins broadcasting
1960 Louise Suggs wins LPGA San Antonio Civitan Golf Tournament

Retro Events For The Decade 1950

1959 Rod Serling's "Twilight Zone" premieres on CBS-TV
1958 Guinea (French Guinea) gains independence from France (National Day)
1958 Musical show "Valmouth," 1st produced in London
1958 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
1957 New York Yankees appear in their 25th World Series
1957 New volcanic island appears off Fayal Island Azores
1956 1st atomic power clock exhibited-NYC
1955 "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" premieres
1955 9th NHL All-Star Game: Detroit beat All-Stars 3-1 at Detroit
1955 Actress Joyce Randolph marries publisher Richard Charles
1955 Chiva Stoica becomes premier of Romania
1955 WHTN (now WOWK) TV ch 13 in Huntington-Charleston, WV (CBS) begins
1954 8th NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Detroit 2-2 at Detroit
1954 Former French possession of Chandernagore made part of West Bengal
1954 New York Giants sweep Cleveland Indians, in 51st World Series
1953 "Comedy in Music (Victor Borge)" opens at John Golden New York City for 849 perf
1953 Dodger Carl Erskine strikes out 14 Yankees in World Series
1951 1st Netherland TV broadcast (Toverspiegel)
1951 Dodgers beat Giants 10-0, in 2nd game of play-offs
1950 1st strip of Charlie Brown, "Li'l Folks," later "Peanuts" in 9 papers
1950 Mao Tse Tung proclaims in telegram to Stalin, China intervenes Korea
1950 Red Sox Dom DiMaggio leads AL with only 15 stolen bases
1950 Bob Shaw of Chicago Cardinals sets NFL record with 5 TD receptions
1950 Chicago Cards Jim Hardy passes for 6 touchdowns vs Baltimore Colts (55-13)


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October 1 - Today In Rock Music History

Happy Birthday Scott McKenzie!



Musicians Born On October 1

1930 Richard Harris (Macarthur Park)
1932 Albert Collins (US blues singer/guitarist)
1935 Julie Andrews (actress/singer)
1944 Scott McKenzie (San Francisco)
1945 Donny Hathaway (Where Is the Love)

Deaths On October 1

1975 Al Jackson (Booker T. and the MGs)

Number 1 In The Charts On October 1

1977 Meco: 'Star Wars Theme' US 45
1983 Bonnie Tyler: 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' US 45
1988 Bon Jovi: 'New Jersey' UK LP
1994 Luther Vandross : Songs : UK LP
1994 Eric Clapton : From The Cradle To The Grave : US LP

Various Music Events On October 1

1954 First 'New Musical Express' Top 20 singles chart published in UK. Frank Sinatra is No. 1 with 'Three Coins in the Fountain'

1956 Bill Haley's 'Rock and Roll Stage Show' LP released in UK

1960 'Eddie Cochran Memorial Album' hits UK chart

1967 Traffic make their stage debut at the Saville theatre in London

1970 Funeral of Jimi Hendrix held in Seattle, Washington

1970 Two thousand Italian fans go on the rampage after failing to get into a Rolling Stones concert at Sports Palace, Milan. Sixty-three are arrested

1970 Curtis Mayfield leaves Impressions

1971 Gene Vincent records last session before his death, for Radio 1 at BBC Maida Vale studios

1971 John Lennon's 'Imagine' goes gold

1979 Elton John performs first of eight shows at Madison Square Garden

1983 By reaching No. 7 in US with 'Metal Health', Quiet Riot achieve most successful debut LP in heavy metal history to date


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October 1 - Today in Beatles History

1962 A new and revised contract is signed by The Beatles and Brian.

1963 Brian writes to the `Glasgow Record and Mail', making clear that the first two hits of Gerry and the Pacemakers were not written by Lennon and McCartney, but by Mitch Murray.

1964 Brian appears on the live BBC 1 TV program, `Tonight', interviewed by Cliff Michelmore about `A Cellarful Of Noise'.

1964 UK LP release: `The Beatles Versus The Four Seasons'.

1966 ``Yesterday'... And Today', 15th week in the Top 100 (Billboard).

1967 First UK appearance of Traffic, at the Saville Theatre.

1968 Trident Studios. Time unknown. Recording: `Honey Pie' (take 1). Mono mixing: `Honey Pie' (unnumbered rough remix, from take 1). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Barry Sheffield; 2nd Engineer: unknown. Remixes for George Martin, to compose the score.

1969 US LP release: `Abbey Road'.
Abbey Road (US album)

1971 US Gold certification: `Imagine' LP.

1988 John is honoured with a star in the streets of Hollywood.

1988 First episode of a BBC series, essentially based on `The Beatles At The Beeb' collection.

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October 1 - Retro History From The 50s to 80s

On October 1, 1975 Muhammad Ali TKOs Joe Frazier in 15 for heavyweight boxing title.



Retro Events For The Decade 1980

1989 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Konica San Jose Golf Classic
1989 Dallas Cowboy, Ed "Too Tall" Jones records his 1,000th NFL tackle
1989 Thousands of East Germans flee to West Germany
1989 U.S. issues a stamp, labeling an apatosaurus as a brontosaurus
1989 Batting titles decided on final day Puckett goes 2-for-5 edges Carney Lansford .339 to .336, Gwynn's 3-for-4 edges Will Clark .336 to .333
1988 Bradley Center in Milwaukee opens
1988 Lowest batting avg for NL champion (Tony Gwynn .313)
1988 Mikhail Gorbachev becomes president of Soviet Union
1988 Robert Englund, actor who plays Freddie Kruger weds Nancy Booth
1987 "Roza" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 12 performances
1987 6 killed by an earthquake measuring 6.1 in LA
1987 Fiji's constitution is suspended
1986 President Carter's presidential library dedicated in Atlanta
1985 Israeli air raid on PLO-headquarter at Tunis, 68 killed
1984 Gary Trudeau's Doonesbury comic strip resumes after 2-year hiatus
1984 Peter Ueberroth replaces Bowie Kuhn as 6th commissioner of baseball
1983 Denise Wallace, 18, of Virginia crowned Miss Teen of America
1982 EPCOT Center opens in Orlando, Florida
1982 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test
1982 West Germany's Parliament ousts Helmut Schmidt for Helmut Kohl
1981 J Chodorov/N Panama's "Talent for Murder," premieres in London
1981 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
1980 Cosmonauts Ryumin and Popov break space endurance record of 176 days

Retro Events For The Decade 1970

1979 Nigeria adopts constitution, Alhaji Shagari becomes president
1979 Pope John Paul II begins visit of US
1979 RKO radio network begins operation
1979 U.S. returns Canal Zone to Panama after 75 years
1978 Comoros adopts constitution
1978 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Golden Lights Golf Championship
1978 Tuvalu (formerly Ellice Islands) declares independence from U.K.
1978 Yankees lose 9-2 to Indians forcing a playoff game with Red Sox
1977 Brazilian soccer great Pele' retires with 1,281 goals in 1,363 games
1977 Department Of Energy established
1977 Elton John honored by MSG Hall of Fame
1977 Peter Schats opera "Houdini" premieres in Amsterdam
1977 Yankees win 2nd consecutive AL East title
1976 1st Dutch casino opens
1975 Britain grants internal self-government to Seychelles
1975 Ellice Islands split from Gilbert Islands, take name "Tuvalu"
1975 Heavyweight Muhammad Ali KOs Joe Frazier in Manilla
1975 Muhammad Ali TKOs Joe Frazier in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1975 Reunion Island stops printing stamps, France takes over production
1974 Watergate cover-up trial opens in Washington D.C.
1973 Leo Durocher resigns as Houston Astro manager
1973 U.S.S.R.-West Germany gas tunnel opens
1972 "Don't Play Us Cheap" closes at Barrymore Theater New York City after 164 performances
1972 1st games of World Hockey Association
1972 2nd New York City Women's Marathon won by Nina Kuscsik in 3:08:41
1972 3rd New York City Marathon won by Sheldon Karlin in 2:27:52
1972 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Portland Ladies Golf Classic
1971 Joseph Luns becomes Secretary-General of NATO
1971 Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida opens
1970 63 arrest in riot to buy Rolling Stone tickets in Milano Italy
1970 Last game at Philadelphia's Connie Mack Stadium, Phils-2 Expos-1

Retro Events For The Decade 1960

1969 Concorde 001 test flight breaks sound barrier
1969 Guernsey and Jersey begin issuing their own postage stamps
1969 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1968 "Night of the Living Dead" premieres in Pittsburgh
1967 KBFI (now KDAF) TV channel 33 in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas (IND) begins
1967 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Ladies' LA Golf Open
1967 Pink FLoyd's 1st U.S. tour (arrives in New York City)
1966 Newspaper magnate Thomson purchases "The Times"
1966 WAEO (now WJFW) TV channel 12 in Rhinelander, WI (NBC) begins
1965 Failed coup under Lieutenant Colonel Untung in Indonesia
1965 France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria
1964 1st official broadcast of Trans World Radio on Bonaire
1964 2nd Dutch televisienet begins broadcastings
1964 Free Speech Movement launched at University of California, Berkley
1964 San Francisco cable cars declared a national landmark
1964 WSJU TV channel 18 in Carolina, Puerto Rico begins broadcasting
1964 WTSJ TV channel 18 in San Juan, Puerto Rico (NBC) begins broadcasting
1964 WWAY TV channel 3 in Wilmington, North Carolina (ABC) begins broadcasting
1963 1st time since 1910 no AL player, played in every game
1963 Nigeria becomes a republic within Commonwealth
1962 Barbra Streisand signs her 1st recording contract (with Columbia)
1962 Brian Epstein signs a contract to manage Beatles through 1977
1962 James Meredith became 1st black at University of Mississippi
1962 Johnny Carson hosts his 1st Tonight Show, Joan Crawford guests
1962 Lucy Show premieres
1962 SF beats Dodgers, 8-0 in 1st of best-of-3 NL playoff
1962 U.N. gives Netherlands control of New-Guinea
1962 U.S. National Radio Astronomy Obs gets a 300' (91m) radio telescope
1962 WEDH TV channel 24 in Hartford, CT (PBS) begins broadcasting
1961 A believed extinct volcanco erupts in Tristan da Cunha
1961 East and West Cameroon merge as Federal Republic of Cameroon
1961 KGIN TV channel 11 in Grand Island, NB (CBS) begins broadcasting
1961 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Open
1961 Premiere of Dmitri Shostakovitsch' 12nd Symphony
1961 Roger Maris sets record of 61 home runs off of Tracy Stallard
1961 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1961 WOLO TV channel 25 in Columbia, South Carolina (ABC) begins broadcasting
1961 WYAH TV channel 27 in Portsmouth, Virginia (IND) begins broadcasting
1960 14th NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Montreal 2-1 at Montreal
1960 KCBY TV channel 11 in Coos Bay, OR (CBS) begins broadcasting
1960 Nigeria gains independence from Britain (National Day)
1960 South Korean troops cross 38th parallel into North Korea

Retro Events For The Decade 1950

1959 1st World Series since 1948 not to feature a New York team (LA vs Chic)
1958 Britain transfers Christmas Island (south of Java) to Australia
1958 Vanguard Project transferred from military to NASA
1957 B-52 bombers begin full-time flying alert in case of U.S.S.R. attack
1956 Johnny Heckmann rides 7 winners at Chicago Hawthorne Horse track
1956 Zestienhoven airport at Rotterdam official opens
1955 "Honeymooners" premieres
1955 Piet Lieftinck becomes director v/h IMF (World bank)
1955 WORA TV channel 5 in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico (TCI) begins broadcasting
1954 British colony of Nigeria becomes a federation
1953 Indian state of Andhra Pradesh partitioned from Madras
1953 KJEO TV channel 47 in Fresno, California (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 KYTV TV channel 3 in Springfield, MO (NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 WATE TV channel 6 in Knoxville, Tennessee (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 WREX TV channel 13 in Rockford, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting
1952 1st ultra high frequency (UHF) television station, Portland Or
1952 Liberal Party wins Japanese elections
1952 Monte Bello-Island (Great Britain 1st atom bomb explosion)
1951 1st Giant-Dodgers playoff game, Giants win 3-1
1951 1st treaty signed by woman ambassador-Eugenie Anderson
1951 24th Infantry Regiment, last all-black military unit, deactivated
1950 Phillies win NL pennant on last day of season (10th inning home run)
1950 South Korean troops exceed 38 degrees latitude
1950 Browns lose to Giants, setting club record for fewest points scored by both teams (tied in 1979), New York 6, Cleveland 0

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